Commentary by NYU's Richard Pildes on judges' treatment of early voting in Ohio and Florida suggests that rising expectations on early voting are beginning to find their way into legal decisions in cases about limiting early voting.

Galveston, TX's Election Day problems are the subject of Pew's latest Dispatch. It shows that sometimes problems aren't the result of what ISN'T supposed to happen, but rather what law and procedure says IS supposed to happen.

Pew's latest Election Data Dispatch looks at all the different reasons why jurisdictions faced long lines on Election Day. The discussion is reminiscent of a famous observation from a classic of Russian literature.

Charles Stewart of MIT has a new blog post that features a "back of the envelope calculation" about long lines in Florida, using recent federal data and a new proposed formula. The outcome is surprising.

A recent exchange on the New York Times "Room for Debate" page suggests that we are about to have a fierce national debate about the virtues of a nationalized election administration system. I don't see it.

Minnesota voters just said "no" to a proposed constitutional amendment to require photo ID at the polls. That vote doesn't end the national debate, but it just made the argument for "yes" a lot more complicated.

The big story from yesterday's election seems to have been incredibly long lines in many jurisdictions - and many people, including the President, think "we have to fix that." The challenge is to figure out what to fix - and how.